Points of Prayer

• Leadership transition in the church. Ihsan is moving to Izmir in June and will no longer be the pastor.

• The difficulty in obtaining visas. For all that apply. We need workers that can be creative on their way of staying. Possibility business, work, or student.

  • The economy is not good here and getting worse every day. So praying for that as a whole and for Turks, in the midst of this decline, to look for hope in Jesus.

• 1 Corinthians‬ ‭3:7‬-8 NLT‬‬

  "It’s not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What’s important is that God makes the seed grow. The one who plants and the one who waters work together with the same purpose. And both will be rewarded for their own hard work."

• For decades workers & local believers in Türkiye have planted seeds of love, of hope, of peace - of the Gospel. And for decades workers and local believers have come along and watered those seeds. We are beginning to see, with our very own eyes, God growing those seeds and drawing people unto Himself.

• Let's pray together that God would continue to grow these seeds and that new seeds would continue to be planted, watered, and multiplied. That as those seeds grow and mature, the Turkish church would be ready to receive our new brothers and sisters in Christ into the family of God with the love and support they need to thrive.

Romans 1:16 in Turkey’s Official Language
Romalılar 1:16 - Çünkü Müjdeden utanmıyorum. Müjde iman eden herkesin -önce Yahudilerin, sonra Yahudi olmayanların- kurtuluşu için Tanrı gücüdür.

Country Facts

Population

83,047,706 (2022 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 6-11% (2016 est.)

Languages

Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages

Religions

Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)